Belt for garments and the like articles



Sept. 3, 1935. H. R HARRIS BELT FOR GARMENTS AND THE LIKE ARTICLES Filed Nov. 21, 1935 Patented Sept. 3, 1935 OFFivCE Harold R. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to Permailex, Incorporated, a corporation of Penn- Sylvania Application November 21, 1933, Serial No. 698,964

4 Claims.

This invention relates to elastic strips such as pajama belts and the like articles.

An object of this invention is to provide an elongated flexible girdle strip or pajama belt of the character described, made completely 0f a single piece of knitted material and having an elastic portion forming a part of the strip, thus obviating the necessity for elastic inserts.

A further object of this invention is to provide an elongated strip of knitted material forming a belt and having a relatively stretchable portion and having flexible elastic elements incorporated into said portion during the knitting operation whereby said portion is elastic.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved girdle or strip of the character described, made entirely of a single piece of knitted material and having an elastic integral portion, and being relatively inexpensive to manufacture and practical and eicient to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplilied in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention.

Fig. l is a perspective View of an elastic strip embodying the invention here shown in the form of a pajama belt.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a portion of the strip shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, I0 designates an elongated strip embodying the invention here shown in the form of a pajama belt or girdle or the like article. The belt I 0 may be made of knitted material and comprises a central portion II from which extend side portions I 2 terminating in tassel portions I4. The entire belt may be knitted in a single operation; that is, the portion I I is knitted together with the portions I2 and is not a separate piece, such as an insert. As illustrated in the drawing, however, the portion Il is of a comparatively loose knit compared to the portions I2, the latter being preferably so knitted as to be relatively unstretchable. The portion I I, however, may be stretched due to the character of the knit.

Incorporated into the portion II are a plurality of elongated flexible elastic elements I6 such as rubber strips covered by winding I1. The elastic elements I6 are substantially parallel to one another and run along the length of the portion II and are substantially covered by the knit material and may be knitted into the portion II during the knitting operation. 'I'he threads of which the strip I0 is knitted are knitted about the elastic elements I6 during the knitting operation While the portion II only is being knitted, said elastic elements being left out of the portions I 2. However, by reason of the elastic elements I6, upon stretching the portion II and releasing the same, said portion will contract. In other words, the elastic elements I6 are stretched upon stretching the portion II and contract upon releasing the portion I I. The strip I I may thus be economically manufactured of a single elongated strip of knitted material. Obviously the strip I0 may be used wherever it is desired to employ an elastic strip and is shown in the drawing in the form of a pajama belt for the purpose of illustration only.

A dominant feature of the invention resides in the provision of a unitary elongated strip having an elastic section and such strip being made of a single piece of knitted material and without the use of inserts, and having the elastic elements knitted into a portion of the strip during the knitting operation.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is Well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A pajama belt comprising a relatively narrow strip of knitted fabric, said strip comprising a longitudinally extensible intermediate section of loosely knit threads having longitudinally extending elastic threads incorporated therewith, and end sections of relatively inextensible knit fabric, said end sections constituting tie cord portions for said belt.

2. A pajama belt comprising a relatively narrow strip of fabric, said strip comprising an intermediate longitudinally extensible elastic section including loosely knit flbrous threads, and substantially inextensible end sections of closely knit fibrous threads, said end sections constituting tie cord portions for said belt.

3. A pajama belt comprising a relatively narrow integrally knit strip of fabric, said strip comprising an intermediate longitudinally extensible section including loosely knit threads having longitudinally extending elastic threads incorporated therewith, and substantially inextensible 10 end sections of closely knit threads.

4. A pajama belt comprising a relatively nar- 

